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AstraZeneca CEO says pharma giant chose Ireland over UK because of tax rates and green energy

Pascal Soriot said drugmaker initially wanted to make a $360 million investment in the UK but that the country’s tax rate was “discouraging”

Deal agreed to buy Dublin-based pharma giant Horizon for €25bn

The company is being acquired by Amgen, a major US multinational biopharma firm

Cost of AstraZeneca’s next-gen Dublin project may top €600m

Manufacturing facility likely to be much larger than initially planned

Pfizer chief: €1.2 billion Irish investment is just the start

Mike McDermott, chief global supply officer and executive vice-president, says Pfizer will continue to invest in its Irish operations beyond the major Grange Castle investment announced last week

Up to 500 jobs to be created at Pfizer’s new ‘state of the art’ Dublin plant

The company will invest €1.2 billion in the facility, which is expected to be completed by 2027

Uniphar acquires Dutch pharmaceutical company for €75m

BModesto focuses on the distribution of medicines, clinical trial services, market authorisation holder and medical device distribution

Biogen to urgently appeal court judgment allowing generic MS drug

High Court decision would pave the way for the sale of a generic multiple sclerosis drug and save the HSE over €8 million, but pharma giant claims the firm behind the drug is infringing on its patent

Exclusive: Pfizer to invest €1 billion in new Dublin biotech plant

The company, which already employs 4,000 people in Ireland, is understood to be at an advanced stage in its plans for the facility which would be one of the largest pharmaceutical investments in the history of the state

Novartis to cut up to 400 jobs at Dublin operation over two years

Company announced in April it was to cut up to 8,000 staff across its offices worldwide as part of restructuring plans

Pharmaceutical giant Abbvie to invest €60 million to expand Cork site

Expansion is expected to create about 70 new jobs at Abbvie’s site in Carrigtwohill